AMARIA IS A SPECIAL PLACE THAT SEAMLESSLY BLENDS THE OLD AND THE NEW, CONNECTING THE PAST, PRESENT, AND FUTURE. IT WAS ONCE A ‘QUINTA’ (OR FARM), UNTIL ITS RECENT TRANSFORMATION INTO A BOUTIQUE HOTEL. THE OWNERS, WHO DISCOVERED THIS HIDDEN GEM IN 2016, SPENT TWO YEARS LIVING ON THE FARM, LEARNING ABOUT THE IMPORTANCE OF LOCAL TRADITIONS, THE VIBRANT COMMUNITY AND THE ‘MODO DE VIDA’ (WAY OF LIFE) DOWN HERE, ALL WHILE IMMERSING THEMSELVES IN THE RAW NATURAL WONDERS OF THE VICENTINA COAST.
INSPIRED BY THEIR EXPERIENCES, THE OWNERS DECIDED TO SHARE THIS BEAUTIFUL PLACE WITH OTHERS SEEKING THE SAME ‘MODO DE VIDA’ AND THUS, AMARIA WAS BORN. THE HOTEL HAS TWO MAIN BUILDINGS THAT OVERLOOK THE OCEAN AND HOUSE PRIVATE GUEST SUITES AND COMMUNAL LIVING AREAS. ALONG WITH THE INTERIOR SPACES, THERE ARE OUTDOOR DINING AREAS, A WOOD-BURNING SAUNA, A 15M SALTWATER INFINITY POOL (OPEN LATER THIS YEAR), A LARGE YOGA DECK, AND THE AMARIA VINEYARD, ALL NESTLED WITHIN TEN HECTARES OF GARDENS THAT BORDER THE COASTAL PATHWAYS AND BEACHES.
THE HOTEL IS LOCATED IN THE COSTA VICENTINA NATURAL PARK, A PROTECTED NATURE RESERVE THAT COVERS OVER 90,000 HECTARES OF ATLANTIC COASTLINE AND OCEAN. AMARIA SITS IN THE SOUTHWEST CORNER OF THE PARK, 3KM FROM ODECIEXE AND 10KM FROM ALJEZUR, IN ONE OF THE LAST REMAINING UNTOUCHED REGIONS OF WESTERN EUROPE, WHERE THE LAND RISES UP FROM THE ATLANTIC OCEAN AND FALLS BACK ONTO THE MOUNTAINS OF MONCHIQUE. THE REGION HAS A RICH HISTORY DATING BACK TO THE 10TH CENTURY AND IS A HUB OF AUTHENTIC PORTUGUESE TRADITION, AGRICULTURE, AND COMMUNITY.
TO BE HERE, SURROUNDED BY THE SIGHTS, SOUNDS, SCENTS AND COLORS, IS AN EXPERIENCE THAT STIRS THE SENSES AND RECONNECTS US TO A NATURAL SIMPLICITY THAT IS BECOMING INCREASINGLY RARE TODAY. IT’S A PLACE OF STILLNESS AND TRANQUILITY, WHERE YOU CAN UNPLUG, RELAX, AND RECHARGE, AND AS THE OWNERS ONCE DID, IMMERSE YOURSELF IN THE RAW NATURAL BEAUTY OF OUR BEAUTIFUL COASTAL REGION.
